I’ve been active here for over three years and started numerous threads, but today was the first time I’ve had to ask one to be closed. Why?
I had even linked over to this thread four days ago so that posters could see how I viewed their comments, and yet they continued. Regardless of posters’ intent in that thread, the sense that I came away with was that not only was there disinterest in CC on discussing more accessible schools, but that there was an active desire to squash any such conversation. Whether that was the intent or not, it was certainly the effect.
This thread is not about reactions to my particular threads, but on whether CC is a comfortable place for all seekers of information on higher education, or if it is a de facto Exclusive Colleges forum. If I was a student or parent lurking on that thread (now or in the future in its closed state), I would not feel very welcome unless I was targeting a college with a single digit acceptance rate. I am glad that’s not the case for some of the newer members who posted on this thread, but I suspect there are others who have come and gone that have felt that way.
All of this to say, please be cognizant of how your words and arguments effect others, both those who post and those who will end up reading your words, even if they never post.